Sean Grayson will stay in prison after Illinois board rejects medical release request in Sonya Massey murder

The Illinois Prisoner Review Board on Friday denied a bid for medical release from Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy convicted of second-degree murder in the 2024 killing of Sonya Massey.  The decision means Grayson, who is roughly six months into a 20-year prison sentence, will remain behind bars.  Attorneys Ben Crump and … Read more

Sean Grayson, officer who shot Sonya Massey, denied medical release from 20-year prison sentence

Sean Grayson, the man who fatally shot Sonya Massey in her home in 2024, has been denied medical release by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, a board spokesperson said Friday. Grayson, in a medical release request application obtained by NBC News via a Freedom of Information Act request, had asked to end his 20-year prison … Read more

Burglary charge could send man linked to Navajo elder’s disappearance back to prison

PHOENIX — The last person known to have seen Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay alive has been accused of burglary in an unrelated incident, raising questions about whether he will be sent back to federal prison in Begay’s disappearance. Preston Tolth is the only person ever charged and convicted in connection with the 2021 disappearance … Read more

In the unbridled online marketplace for peptides, one vendor is sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – A federal judge on Thursday sentenced the owner of a peptide company to nearly six years in prison after finding he built a massive business by deceiving customers and selling products that were adulterated with steroids. Matthew Kawa, who ran Paradigm Peptides, pleaded guilty last year to selling unapproved drugs and illegally … Read more

Father of Apalachee High School shooter sentenced to 15 years in prison

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Father of Apalachee High School shooter sentenced to 15 years in prison 03:00 UP NEXT Search continues for at least one additional suspect in Seattle food festival shooting 02:42 Judge sentences Apalachee High School shooter to life in … Read more

Colin Gray, father of Apalachee High School shooter, sentenced to 15 years in prison

A judge sentenced Colin Gray to 15 years in prison Thursday, following emotional testimony from victims’ families during his sentencing hearing in the Apalachee High School shooting case. The sentence came after victims’ families urged Judge Nicholas Primm to impose the maximum punishment, while defense attorneys argued Gray had sought mental health treatment for his son and … Read more

Judge weighs bid to block or reverse transfers of transgender inmates into a segregated prison unit

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has violated a court order by transferring several incarcerated transgender women to a segregated prison unit, an attorney for the inmates argued on Wednesday in urging a federal judge to enforce the order. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington, D.C., didn’t rule from the bench on the inmates’ request … Read more

Ex-Citigroup managing director sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex crimes

NEW YORK — A Harvard-educated former managing director at Citigroup Inc. who blamed autism for his actions was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison for sex crimes that prosecutors say occurred over a 10-year period. Edward Gene Smith, 50, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by Judge Paul A. Engelmayer after he pleaded guilty … Read more